Deila Reveals "Other Issues" with Stokes

04 December 2015

Celtic boss, Ronny Deila, says last week's tweets by Anthony Stokes weren't the sole reason for his two week suspension from the club.

Stokes got himself in trouble by tweeting his annoyance at being left out of the team for the league game against Inverness. However Deila says that wasn't the only issue with the Dubliner: "I would never suspend somebody (only) over that comment. I think everybody understands it's not about that single (incident).

"It's been some issues in the past and now we felt we had to put down a marker and I think that's going to be good in the end for us and for Anthony as well. After fourteen days he will come back and hopefully we can keep him working."

Stokes is out of contract at the end of the season but the Celtic manager maintains he has a future at the club: "He has a future here. There are things that need to improve and if people are improving they have a future. He can play football. If he makes the improvement that we want everything is possible."